122 C. ISHIKAWA. 



^ I, from Nagahama. 



Total length .i'.liitLLJir// '272 ., 



Greatest breadth 55 ,, 



Distance from the tip of the lower lip to the occiput. 48 „ 

 ■? II, from Matsubara. 



Totallength 270 „ 



Greatest breadth 5(3 ,, 



Distance from the tip of the lower lip to the occiput. 45 ,, 

 ■? Ill, from Matsubara. 



Totallength 235 „ 



Greatest breadth 44 ,, 



Distance from the tip of the lower lip to the occiput. 86 ,, 

 -? IV, from Matsubara. 



Totallength .'l.mujj.iv.<<iU.Ui-i..,i.<iJA*'ti 210 ,, 



Greatest breadth 40 ,, 



Distance from the tip of the lower lip to the occiput. 88 ,, 

 It will thus be seen that our specimens are much larger than those 

 described by Schlegel. 



But the most interesting point connected with this fish is the shape 

 of the anal fin, of which Schlegel gives the following description: — • 



" L'anale offre une forme assez reguliere ; son bord inferieur est 

 presque droit ; elle est par derriere de presque deux tiers plus basse que 

 par devant ; des trois rayons indivises et flexibles qui la precedent, le 

 troisieme egale en longueur le premier rayon mous proprement dits de 

 cella nageoire sont tous divises a leur moitie terminole en deux branches 

 separees par line petite membrane." 



This description accords well with the figure of the fish he gives, 

 which measures about 155 mm. in its total length, (PI. 102, fig. 1), and 

 I do not doubt the correctness of both his description and figure ; but it 

 may be permitted to add that all his specimens were in all probabihties, 

 young ones in which the anal fin has not as yet attained its full size. 

 Figures 2 and 8, taken from the male I, and the female II will show the 

 proportional length of the fin-rays in larger specimens. 



